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ColdPriorityCriminal · Homicide· Erie County, NY

The Fontaine Homicide (2000)

Unsolved homicide from 2000 in Erie County, NY. The file remains open and contributors are re-examining the forensic lab record.

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Empty residential street at night under a streetlamp
Timeline
  1. 2000

    Body discovered near Merritt Yard; the county opens a homicide investigation.

  2. 2001

    Initial canvass closes without a named suspect; the case goes inactive.

  3. 2014

    A tip prompts a limited re-interview of two witnesses.

  4. Recently

    Ledger contributors reopen the evidence inventory and index the public record.

Community leads
2 filed
secondpass1 week ago

Latent prints from the scene predate the national database. Nobody has requested a modern comparison.

178 agree
quietmile1 week ago

Two witness statements describe the same jacket but were taken eleven months apart by different detectives. Worth reconciling.

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